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Progressive effort to primary Sen. John Fetterman ramps up
(www.nbcnews.com)
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Sure, you canhave all the contradictory opinions you want.
Ah i get it, you think a person who criticized fetter man is not allowed to also criticize the American left. I understand now, you’re slow.
See if I said two opposing things about fetterman Thats a contradiction. When I’m speaking about different subjects, on different threads, with a different context, on different days, Thats not a contradictions. Thats you makin shit up
Say what you want. You pissed on others for calling out a weak democratic left opposition now your doing the same.
Doesn't matter if it's a different day and a different thread. What kind of stupid logic is that? A contradiction is still a contradiction.
Fetterman is not trumps opposition
That if definitely a fair point. Although I could also say the same about Schumer, just a better disguise.
Nobody is left enough for the left anymore. That’s why you guys all splintered into tiny groups of contradictions
The so called left is extremely right compared to 50 years ago. They keep moving to the right and now they keep losing. The left is further right than the right was 50 years ago. We're moving into fascism because the fake left can't grow a spine and represent what their supporters actually want.
Seems like you want more fascist supporting right wingers.
So basically “Trump is better and this is fine” Is what im hearing. Cause you guys focus so much on the shortcomings of the democrats that you let the right get away with murder as you refuse to oppose them
No. Get better progressives or things will slide further right.
There is actually a segment of the population that voted for Trump that would actually vote progressive if there were candidates that actually practiced what they preached and had some guts.
Yeah but Americans are all about how they would do A if only B was different, stop using that as an excuse and work with what you have not with what you wish
Also most people who complain about democrats take no part in primaries or local elections, they just sit around waiting for the party to pick a candidate without your input
No, they just rig the primaries like they did to Bernie in 2016. And then they wonder why people are fed up with them.
Then.. oh yeah. There was no primary in 2024. They rigged it again and annointed Kamala.
So you see. It's rigged. And people don't like it
I never understood the American left with their “get old white men out of politics now!” “VOTE BERNIE”
or “if you want us to vote Dem, put in anyone but the old white man as candidate” “here’s an educated younger black woman instead” “EEEW NO”
You guys are a barrel of contradictions. I personally want these things across the board, Bernie can advise but gtfo with this idea he should be president. Maybe 30 years ago. Anyways you guys need to pay attention and be loud long before you are, Bernie has been around forever and most of you had never heard of him prior to 2016. But you know al the latest celebrity gossip
Edit: before y’all think im conservative, I said AMERICAN left, compared to leftists around the world, Americans leftists are a twisted Americanized version of a leftist.
Never said he should be president now. That was 10 years ago. I've been following Bernie since the bush years and I was in his 2016 campaign.
I actually wish he would quit caucusing with them and go back to completely independent but then he would be powerless.
The Democratic leadership is actually less democratic then Republicans. At least the Republicans honor the primary process. The current Democratic leadership needs to be ousted or we're going to have another trump.